Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/29/08

Not much to say about today’s post besides the obvious: ten news briefs from around the legal community, from prominent blogging attorneys on both sides of the country. What more could you ask for on a Thursday afternoon?

• U.S. Supreme Court decides two new retaliation cases – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin in the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Blog
• Does a TPA need a license in NY? – New York attorney Cailie Currin in her Life Insurance Compliance & Regulation Law Blog
• Scruggs Lite, update May 29 – Portland lawyer David Rossmiller of Dunn Carney in the firm’s Insurance Coverage Law Blog
• Wyeth files Supreme Court brief in Levine case – Pennsylvania attorney Sean Wajert of Dechert LLP in his Mass Tort Defense Blog
• Chancery Court reviews corporate issues involving Sultan of Brunei – Wilmington lawyer Francis G.X. Pileggi of Fox Rothschild in his Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog
• Job perks a martial asset? – Des Moines attorney Jennifer Jaskolka-Brown of Sullivan & Ward in the firm’s Iowa Law Blog
• Sonnenschein lawyers off 37 lawyers – including 6 partners – Legal marketing specialist Larry Bodine in his Law Marketing Blog
• There’s a public/private sector distinction for a reason – Massachusetts lawyer Stephen D. Rosenberg of The McCormack Firm in his Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
• Chesapeake cancels plans to build regional HQ, blames WV Supreme Court’s rejection of appeal – Charleston attorney Jeffrey Mehalic in his West Virginia Business Litigation Blog
• Massachusetts taxpayers protest new benefits – Financial risk manager Susan Mangiero of Pension Governance in her blog, Pension Risk Matters